False Alarm The Truth About the Epidemic of Fear

Chosen by Discover magazine as one of the top science books of 2005"A terrific and groundbreaking book." -Bob Kerrey, Publishers Weekly"Marc Siegel is an articulate voice of reason in a world beset by hype and hysteria. We would be well advised to listen closely to what he has to say." -Jerome Groopman, M.D., staff writer, The New Yorker"Siegel makes a passionate argument that the only thing we have to fear is, indeed, our own paranoia. Reason, he says, is the best vaccination for this epidemic." -Psychology Today"Siegel cuts through the hype about the 'deadly' this and the 'lethal' that, and applies reason in seeking the answers." -John M. Barry, author of The Great Influenza: The Epic Story of the Deadliest Plague in History"Timely and needed. At such times, we need soothsayers and explicators to redirect the ready-fire-aim mind-set. Siegel's book fulfills this role well." -The Journal of the American Medical Association"A color-coded burst of sanity amid the fear and frenzy of twenty-first-century America." -Walter Shapiro, Washington Bureau Chief, SalonSiegel, Marc is the author of 'False Alarm The Truth About the Epidemic of Fear', published 2006 under ISBN 9780470053843 and ISBN 0470053844.